New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-10
CRIMES OF DRINK IN PARIS

| TRAGEDY OF TIE RUE MONTAIGNE-THE
EX-EMPRESS.
rrRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.I
PARIS, March 81.
The e red " series of crime goes on. Drs Dumont
Pellier and Charcot both bright lights of science
ascribe its continuance to the bad alcohol which
now replaces in this country the pure strengthen
ing wines which French vineyards. before the
advent of the phylloxera usod to produce in such
abundance A French dru nkaid, before his consti
tuition breaks M and his hand gets too palsied to
strike hard blow, Is a dangerous being and prone
to got out Of many difficulties through murder He
loses moIal sense before the brain gets stultihed
and tho animal part of his nature UNANIMOUSLY
overrides the rest. CAPITAL crimes will not be re-
duced in number by NJ Grevy turning over now
leaf and sternly refusing to commute capital SEN
tences unless something effective BIO done to pnt
stop to the sale for bbulous purr OF alcohols
which contain l. heavy percentage Of fusi oil To
my thinking the best to cut at the root of the
plague of fast nereasng drunkenness would be to
give French women local option to put stop to
the sale in restaurants and at of ell such alco
hols. If the option is given to the men they will
not use it, the mass of male voters being unfortu
natey attracted toward bars of the Assommoir kind
Which lola describes But the women are still I'M
touched be- the contagion and have q manifest
interest in getting the drink curse stamped out.
The victims of the startling triple murder of the
Rue Montaigne, about which the whole town has
been in a state OF commotion taken to the grave
with no manned rites Although Mile Regnault. in
tho public eyes the most prominent of the victims,
wss beautiful demi-mondaine and was cut Oh I'M
shriycn and unann eacd in the midst of her sins,
the Church took charitable view OF her case, and
90 her coffin was placed in line with the collins OF
L. al, .L~ LIN
Regnaults photograph has been for some time a
feature of the picture shop windows and was at
tracing the attention Of literary mon looking for
subjects for novels She had very interesting as
well as pretty face, and despite her calling looked
so innocent that one night take her for freshly
Gro Wned Rose Queen. 4 heavy fall Of snow did not
pre- ent great throng OF persons Of all ranks from
attending tho funeral MammOn was well repro
sented, the professional beauty In question having
habitually "tackIsd on" to Mammonites 1t ap-
pears that she was singnlarlv amusing and one OF
the most good-natured creatures alive though
perfect harpy 10 exacting money from tho pockets
of tho wealthy. Ste was looking forward to move
after Easter to lovely bijou mansion next door to
what Vas formerly Sarah Bcrnhardt's house near
tho Pare Monceau. The large Church of St Philippe
du Roule was crowded People who did not know
the murdered siren were drawn to the obsequies by
the hope Of some dramatic incident. Perhaps the
assassin would attend, botrav emotion. he arrested
and confronted then and there with the corpse. a
pile of flowers testified to the wealth OF tho gentle
men who were bee inning IL flock around Mile.
Regnault A wreath of flowers was sent by girl
who had joined the army of vice and remained in
the ranks. II was Of white roses and bore the in
scription: "A ma bonne petite camerade."
" friend of Mile Regnault now at the head OF a
great wholesale dry goods business bore the entire
cost of the obseques. and pretty penny they must
have cost him. II prince to the fate OF peasant
had yielded" there could not have been finer
show of funereal pomp.
mourning who knott beside the coffin and wept She
was no alton any OF the victims, but had been
herself the victim Of the chief among them Thus is
how She was an only daughter and tho darling
child of her parents, to whom ner will was law Fer
father had young and active clerk who dinoi
with him on Sundays. The heiress tell in love NTH
him and insisted on becoming bis wife. She was
allo wed to marry him and the groat business was
handed gD TO him. more blissfu honeymoon was
mover spent than by the happy par ana IL was
repeated of Jason forsaking Medoa. The deserted
one at first gave herself up to anger. She was then
brou ght round to regard trial part Vf moral
discipline which she she ud undergo with patience.
The woman besIde Whose rom aims she knelt sobbing
was the one who had robbed hsr OF her husbands
affections. and the grand funeral was paid Tor out
Whoever the assassin was. he made clean and
comp lete job Nobody heard groan or cry OF any
they must certainly have been heard. The corpsos
no did not attempt to get rid Of. Nothing. says
James Payn tho novelist, II 80 hard to get rid OF
in q novel as the corpse Of murdered person. What
must IL be in reality
The Empress Eugene is going to gay visit to
her native land. She has not been In Spain since
1860, when she went there with double object
One was to bring the Spanish Government TO send
an army corps to Rome 10 project the Pope and so
enable the French to come away. Tho other was
to influence the Spanish Court OF Appeal. before
which there was o long-ponding suit brought by
the relatives OF the Empress Eugene on the Non
TITO side against her Imperial Majesty IL the SUIT
placed Upon her birth Notwithstanding her efforts,
and perhaps because of the attempts Of the Due dc
MOntpsnser to Illustrate her. she lost, and There
as therefore much sarcasm spent upon her both in
Paris and Madrid. ALI that. however, Is now very
ancient history which will certainly not be renem-
bered when she Is in Spain. The SpanIaris will
only see in her c0untrywOman who has tasted OF
the Gets OF existence and then OF all tbo bitters
save that Of poverty. She was an intensely prond
woman and she has been BUNDLED to the dust But
although 50 bc,eavod and saddened her life Is not
81 gloomy as might be supposed. AT Naples she
received mt CHI company and her general mood was
cheerful. The bright skies OF Italy after the lower
ing skies of England were full OF exhl aratiOn and
her gouty rheumatism. which comes OF too nutritive
diet for the little exercise she takes, Was much
less acute than when she was at Farnborough.
AfectIOnat relatives anxious to be remembered In
her will ded roam, her when she was III Italy.
Princess ClOtilde and her dau ghtsr; Prince Louis,
the son of PlOu Plon the Duchess do tMouchy,
formerly Princess Anna Nurat and all the descend
mats OF Lucien BonaDarte, who live at Rome, were
sOlicit0us to do her honor.
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